El Salvador vs Libya: Mortality rate, under-5
El Salvador
10 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Libya
9.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
El Salvador rank
120th
Libya rank
122nd
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- El Salvador
- Libya
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 10 per 1,000 live births against 9.8 per 1,000 live births in Libya, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Libya ahead.
El Salvador ranks 120th and Libya ranks 122nd of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Libya in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 181.81 per 1,000 live births | 207.4 per 1,000 live births | 25.59 per 1,000 live births | Libya |
| 1970s | 136.69 per 1,000 live births | 101.9 per 1,000 live births | 34.79 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 85.58 per 1,000 live births | 57.25 per 1,000 live births | 28.33 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 46.08 per 1,000 live births | 34.58 per 1,000 live births | 11.5 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 25.14 per 1,000 live births | 23.32 per 1,000 live births | 1.82 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 15.07 per 1,000 live births | 14.14 per 1,000 live births | 0.93 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 10.82 per 1,000 live births | 14.78 per 1,000 live births | 3.96 per 1,000 live births | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, El Salvador or Libya?
- El Salvador, at 10 per 1,000 live births against 9.8 per 1,000 live births in Libya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between El Salvador and Libya?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Libya?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Libya rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- El Salvador ranks 120th and Libya ranks 122nd of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.